Decision making for nurse staffing: Canadian perspectives

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-269

  Hall, Linda McGillis ^a,b   Pink, Leah ^b   Lalonde, Michelle ^b   Murphy, Gail Tomblin ^c   O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^b,d   Laschinger, Heather K Spence ^e   Tourangeau, Ann ^a,b   Besner, Jeanne ^f   White, Debbie ^g   Tregunno, Deborah ^h   Thomson, Donna ⁱ   Peterson, Jessica ^b   Seto, Lisa ^b   Akeroyd, Jennifer ^b  

^a Faculty of Nursing   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f Research Initiatives in Nursing and Health   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ St Peter's Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nurse staffing; Nurse to patient ratios; Nursing workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846426104     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154406297799     Document Type: Review

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